After the snooker European Masters broke out again, eliminating Karen Wilson and Yan Bingtao, The Chinese teenager Fan Zhengyi, born in 2001, eliminated the world famous Gilbert. In the crucial eighth set, Gilbert's 61-29 sharp lead was reversed, China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi Qingtai counterattacked at the 64-61 limit, and Gilbert lost by 3 points, thus winning 3-5 with a big score!
In the world of professional snooker, Gilbert is a famous player, has won the ranking championship, maintained the world ranking in the top 16 for many seasons, and has played 2 strokes 147 in his career, which is very experienced. On the other hand, Fan Zhengyi, in front of Gilbert, is a rookie in the professional competition. Previously, Fan Zhengyi's career best was in the quarterfinals. At this year's Snooker European Masters, Fan Zheng was cold in a row, eliminating Karen Wilson and Yan Bingtao successively, equaling the best in history and entering the quarterfinals.
In this campaign, the 1/4 final with Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi's goal is to go further, reach the top 4, thus creating personal history, in the end, Fan Zhengyi did it, the General Bureau defeated Gilbert 5-3, and broke out in three consecutive rounds! In the first half, Fan Zhengyi continued the fiery feel of yan Bingtao's five consecutive rounds from 0-3 to 5-3, with a single shot of 56 points, a single shot of 62 points, a single shot of 117 points, winning four consecutive sets, and leading a large score of 4-0.
Back from the break, Fan Zhengyi was eager to cash in on the match point, but instead played extremely irrationally, aimless forced attack, leaving a lot of opportunities for the opponent, Gilbert seized the opportunity to win three consecutive sets, saved 3 match points, the general bureau scored 4-3, Fan Zhengyi advantage only one set.
The eighth set was crucial, once Fan Zheng repeatedly lost, the momentum was completely reversed by Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi fell behind 29-61, quite unfavorable! Fortunately, Gilbert finally gave a chance, and Fan Zhengyi single-shot clearance 64-61 extreme counter-kill, exciting!